Big First-Year Production. A Smart Choice for Crop Rotation.

Greenway Seeds’ Plowdown Brand Alfalfa is a Fall Dormancy 9 alfalfa developed for growers looking for vigorous first-year production and a flexible option for short-term rotations. Plant Plowdown as a one-year crop, or mix approximately 25% Plowdown with your regular alfalfa seed to add the vigor of a highly non-dormant alfalfa to a new seeding. For growers planning to rotate into beans, corn, or another crop the following season, Plowdown offers another advantage: alfalfa can leave behind benefits for the soil and the crop that follows.

Fall Dormancy 9
Plowdown is a highly non-dormant alfalfa selected for vigorous growth and first-year production.

Designed for One-Year Production
Use Plowdown as a one-year-only alfalfa crop before rotating the field into another crop the following growing season.

Or Mix It With Your Regular Alfalfa
Alan recommends mixing approximately 25% Plowdown with your regular alfalfa seed when establishing a new stand to encourage vigorous first-year production.

May Overwinter in Some Conditions
Although Plowdown is intended as a non-dormant variety and winterkill may be expected in colder climates, Greenway Seeds has seen Plowdown survive into a second growing season under some conditions.

An Option for No-Till Operations
For no-till operations, Plowdown can also provide an opportunity for winter grazing where growing conditions allow.

Non-GMO Seed
Greenway Seeds is a non-GMO seed house.

Organic-Approved Seed Available
Ask about availability of organic-approved Plowdown seed.

There’s an old observation many farmers have made after taking an alfalfa field out of production:

“For several years following, the crops were better where the alfalfa was.”
 

That is part of the thinking behind Plowdown Brand Alfalfa. Grow a productive forage crop, then rotate the field and take advantage of the benefits alfalfa can bring to the cropping system.

“Our Plowdown alfalfa actually lived over for a second growing season.”
— Greg Bingham, Preston, Idaho
 

With over 50 years of experience, Alan Greenway works directly with growers to help them choose alfalfa varieties suited to their operation.

Greenway Seeds sells direct to the grower with no dealer markup, with warehouses in Caldwell, Idaho and Deerfield, Wisconsin.

Plowdown Brand Alfalfa — Put it to work this year. Put the ground to work next year.